Outreach

UMaine’s annual education career fair highlighted by FOX 22/ABC 7

FOX 22/ABC 7 (Channel 7) highlighted the University of Maine’s annual education career fair, where nearly 45 employers from across Maine and 70 students from the UMaine, Husson University, Eastern Maine Community College, the University of Maine at Augusta, and the University of Maine at Farmington met inside the Wells Conference Center to discuss educational […]

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Media highlights UMaine’s contributions to eclipse research

Media outlets including Portland Press Herald, ABC News, Smithsonian Magazine, New England Public Media, KTRE (Channel 9 Texas), WABI (Channel 5 Bangor), News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, FOX 23, Voice of Maine, and WGME (Channel 13 Portland) highlighted University of Maine students, faculty and staff participating in the April 8 total solar […]

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Maine Day of Service extending into full Spirit Week April 22–26

New this year, the University of Maine is holding Spirit Week Monday, April 22–Friday, April 26 to extend and celebrate Maine Day of Service on Saturday, April 20.  Maine Day of Service was inaugurated in 1935 as Maine Day, set aside for the entire campus community to assist in cleaning and beautifying campus. Historically, it […]

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AP News highlights high altitude ballooning live stream from UMaine

The Associated Press, a newswire service that spans the U.S., shared a link to a video created by the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program that will livestream the 2024 total solar eclipse. Researchers and students in the program will launch a  balloon with various types of equipment, including 360-degree camera systems, into the […]

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Media feature Gov. Mills’ conference that highlighted UMaine eclipse projects

New England Cable News, WABI (Channel 5) WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), Maine Public, News Center Maine and Spectrum News featured a press conference hosted by Gov. Janet Mills at the Versant Power Astronomy Center to discuss how to safely enjoy the 2024 total solar eclipse. During the press conference, Mills highlighted eclipse-related projects from […]

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Postponed: Free screening and panel discussion of ‘The Right to Read’

The free screening of the documentary “The Right to Read” originally slated for Thursday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the McIntire Room at Buchanan Alumni House has been postponed. The co-hosts of the event, University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s School of Learning and Teaching and with the Maine Department of […]

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Maine Impact Week to celebrate, foster innovation powered by UMaine

Maine Impact Week, an annual celebration of the University of Maine’s community and contributions to the scientific, creative and economic advancement of the state, kicks off on April 8. More than 15 events will highlight the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s premier research university, which ranks among the top 3.7% of […]

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A photo of a total solar eclipse

UMaine projects expanding nationwide access to 2024 total solar eclipse

Jules Vázquez’s eyes were glued to a four-foot-tall, high-tech telescope being assembled in front of her at the Versant Power Astronomy Center. The telescope has an 80-millimeter lens and is equipped with a specialized camera and small computer. Astronomy center Director Shawn Laatsch was teaching Jules, a high school student at Baxter Academy for Technology […]

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Maine Public highlights UMaine-funded research on birds in North Woods

A research project partially funded in part by the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, a part of the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, is highlighted in an article from Maine Public. In 2021, research crews began monitoring 300 sites in forest habitats across nearly 600,000 acres in Maine’s North Woods. The goal […]

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